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Bye bye fat lad
Never in any doubt......
Brilliant from Stokes . Great win
well that was good
I was just getting ready to say that it's not really proper cricket anyway. Going to have to hold off for a bit longer.
Fantastic performance, really impressed they kept it together - amazing that such short games can have ebb and flow.
ballsy decision to bowl the last over of spin while Mathews was still whacking it around. Wasn't convinced at the time, but my nerves couldn't have taken it if that last over had been Mo or Rashid, even with 20-odd to get!!
Well the Ladies have just about managed to pull themselves back into it after a bad start, here's hoping for a double celebration.
The evidence of the first innings seems to be scoring hard in the final overs. I think England need to get a move on.
The evidence of the first innings seems to be scoring hard in the final overs. I think England need to get a move on.
You were right unfortunately.
So - women are out, and the men are staring down the barrel of a biggun' - 180+ (currently 133-3 after 16)
Gettable, but needs someone to get in and make a good score.
[edit - now 134-4, Morgan with a fab catch]
I think NZ will be pretty disappointed with where they're at now after the start they made. Couple of good overs could change that though....
Edit: another one down!
Looking a lot better than it did at 90 odd for 1 after 10
Utterly brilliant last 4 overs .
4 overs for 20 runs for 5 wickets. Brilliant.
Now for the hard part.......
Absolutely fantastic performance in the field, keep their heads and we should be able to do this.
Also does anyone else think NZ's kit is atrocious ? It's like a kit from the 90s that has faded in the wash
23-0 off two.
Decent start, don't get carried away.
Make that 36-0 off three
36-0 off three, very good so far.
36-0 off three, very good so far.
49 off 4.
60 off 5
Top biffery!
Only 7 off the over, you know how well they are playing when you think that is a bit disappointing.
Halfway there.
Are they setting us up for crushing disappointment.......?
Run a ball needed for 11 overs
Keep going please! Don't try to dink it around, just carry on!!
Going far too well
They can't mess this up from here can they? 😈
Bugger
They can't mess this up from here can they?
I'm sure they'll give it a good try.
Bugger x 2
Oooooooo nnoooooooo
Calypso Collapso!
Keeping their heads well.
OK maybe they got bored.
That escalated quickly
Booom! 🙂
Absolutely bloody fantastic, what a brilliant performance.
Excellent
Who do we want to play? I'd rather play WI personally.
What's the Kolkata pitch like?
I fancy our chances more against WI but it would be great to beat India in their backyard, especially as T20 is so big there.
From a team with zero IPL experience, excepting one player, Morgan, who's arguably the only one not worth his place currently
(I disagree, i think he's skippered and fielded really well and while the batters around are firing we can afford a 'passenger')
His catch today was immense. It's also the fact that he still tries to play the same way when out of firm empowers the others to follow.
Didn't Morgan play for KKR for a few years? He should know the place pretty well.
2 goes to run out Kohli and they missed with both! I thought India were 30 behind a good score, but that could be a big moment.
2 goes to run out Kohli and they missed with both! I thought India were 30 behind a good score, but that could be a big moment.
This chap Kohli is quite useful, WI still in it, just.
Gayle gone for 5 - will be a struggle for WI from here.
Crowd's very quiet.
Wow, very quiet! Amazing!!
that was tense...
Great, great batting from the Windies.
It's gonna be a fantastic final!!
Those 2 no ball wickets crucial.
Looks like I was right earlier!! If you bat first and get 20 below the average score for the ground, and are only 2 wickets down, I'd say you weren't taking enough risks. India have been sub-par all tournament, and were again today.
Kolkata pitch should take a bit more turn. IPL average scores about 170.
So today is the final, somehow we have got to find a way to stop the WI hitting - here's hoping.
WI looking good in the Women's final, more than one title would be greedy.
Big up the Windies ladies!
Awesome achievement.
Right off to a friend's to watch, hope to return here to celebration in a few hours time - and no, cricket being the winner is not enough.
TMS for me, my stubborn refusal to support Murdoch and the over paid wendyballers hurts sometimes.
And the crickvid.com link that was posted on the other thread is pants, full of pop-up ads that refuse to die. Shame my 'P' doesn't have global affect...
Arseflaps.
Oh dear.
Thundering arseflaps.
Disastrous.
Ship steadied a little now
Oh, well done, Mike.
*slow hand clap*
Sorry for that
watchcric.net had a good stream the other day and not too bad for popups etc. I'm on TMS too though.
Root! Root! Root!
What is par then for this pitch? Been out with the kids and am late to the party
Dunno, they are saying on the Guardian live blog thingy that the pitch is doing nothing at all for the bowlers so something big-ish is probably par.
Stokes FFS! 🙁
'Tis alright we bat deep. 180+ then
Edit: sh*t . On another note I hate that dance. I suppose that's why they do it. Like the sprinkler
Hmmm... 🙁
Bugger
Root out. Game over.
Game over.
You don't know cricket if you think it's game over
Yeah to be fair they chased down 230 against S Africa which not many people would have given them a chance of doing. Batting is our stronger suit though surely.
Let's get 150 and see.
I'm still positive, just about
Well they seem to want to do it the hard way